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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001138b.htm person Cilento Raphael West Kt AACR2 2 December 1893 14 April 1985 Place of Birth Jamestown, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Oxley, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Medical administrator Public servant Sir Raphael Cilento graduated in medicine at the University of Adelaide and then specialized in tropical medicine. He was Director-General of Health and Medical Services in Queensland 1934-1945 and Professor of Social and Tropical Medicine at the University of Queensland. After the Second World War he took leading roles in preventative medicine with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) in the Balkans and Germany, and with the United Nations Secretariat in New York and Palestine. After he returned to Australia in 1951, he took up part-time medical practice in Mooloolaba, wrote articles for journals and newspapers, and unsuccessfully stood for election in Commonwealth parliament. An active historical researcher, he was president of the (Royal) Historical Society of Queensland (1933-34, 1943-45, 1953-68) and of the National Trust of Queensland (1966-71). 1915 1919 Military service - First World War. Captain, Australian Army Medical Corps, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force 1918 1918 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MD) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Adelaide 1920 1921 Career position - Physician to the sultanate of Perak, Federated Malay States 1921 1922 Career position - Medical Officer for Tropical Hygiene, Commonwealth Department of Health, Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, Townsville, Queensland 1922 1922 Education - Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 1922 1922 Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Adelaide 1922 1927 Career position - Director, Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine 1923 1923 Career event - Fellow, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London 1924 1928 Career position - Seconded to Rabaul, as Director of public health for the Mandated Territory of New Guinea 1928 1933 Career position - Director, Division of Tropical Hygiene and Chief Quarantine Officer, North East Division of Australia 1932 1932 Career event - Elected Member (Anthropology), Australian National Research Council 1934 1945 Career position - Director-General, Health and Medical Services, Queensland 1935 1935 Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) - Director-General of the Queensland Health Department 1936 1936 Career event - Member, Nutrition Advisory Council, Commonwealth Government 1937 1937 Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) 1937 1945 Career position - Honorary Professor of Social and Tropical Medicine, University of Queensland 1939 1945 Career position - President, Medical Board of Queensland 1945 1946 Career position - Zone Director, British Zone in Germany, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) 1946 1947 Career position - Director for Refugees and Displaced Persons, Department of Social Affairs, United Nations Secretariat 1947 1948 Career position - Director, Division of Social Activities, UN Secretariat, New York 1948 1950 Career position - Director of disaster relief in Palestine, UN Secretariat 1951 Career position - Part-time Medical practice, Mooloolaba, Queensland 1966 1970 Career position - President, National Trust of Queensland 1 Aug 1977 1 Aug 1977 Award - Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal The University of Queensland (1910 - )

Honorary Professor of Social and Tropical Medicine 1934 - 1945

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Member (Anthropology) 1932 -

 Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine (1910 - 1930)

Director 1922 - 1927

 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

Fellow 1937 -

 Cilento, Lady Phyllis Dorothy (1894 - 1987)

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 Cilento, Raphael (18931202-19850415)

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 'Cilento, Raphael West', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Cilento, Raphael West Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Sir Raphael Cilento Collection Sir Raphael Cilento Collection University of Queensland Fryer Library 2003 Book: Raphael Cilento, a Biography Fisher, Fedora Gould Raphael Cilento, a Biography Brisbane University of Queensland Press 1994 Book Section: Cilento, Sir Raphael West (1893-1985), medical practitioner Finnane, Mark Cilento, Sir Raphael West (1893-1985), medical practitioner Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2007 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K Diane Langmore 215-217 Book: The white man in the tropics: with special reference to Australia and its dependencies Cilento, Raphael The white man in the tropics: with special reference to Australia and its dependencies Melbourne Government Printer 1925 Journal Article: Medicine in Queensland Cilento, Raphael Medicine in Queensland 1962 Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland 6 4 866-941 Book: Tropical diseases in Australasia Cilento, Raphael Tropical diseases in Australasia Brisbane Smith & Paterson 1940 Journal Article: Preventive medicine and hygiene in the tropical territories under Australian control Cilento, R. Preventive medicine and hygiene in the tropical territories under Australian control Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1924 Report of the sixteenth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 16 672-84 Book: Filariasis, with special reference to Australia and its dependencies: a review and compilation Cilento, R. W. Filariasis, with special reference to Australia and its dependencies: a review and compilation Melbourne Government Printer [1924?] Book: Malaria: with special reference to Australia and its dependencies Cilento, R. W. Malaria: with special reference to Australia and its dependencies Melbourne Division of Tropical Hyeiene, Commonwealth Department of Health [1924?] Book: Blueprint for the health of a nation Cilento, Raphael Blueprint for the health of a nation Sydney Printer: Scotow Press 1944 Journal Article: Sir Joseph Banks F.R.S. and the naming of the kangaroo Cilento, Raphael Sir Joseph Banks F.R.S. and the naming of the kangaroo 1971 Notes and Records of the Royal Society 26 157-61 Book: A doctor across borders: Raphael Cilento and public health from empire to the United Nations Cameron-Smith, Alexander A doctor across borders: Raphael Cilento and public health from empire to the United Nations Canberra ANU Press 2019 Book: Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940 Gregory, Helen Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940 St Lucia University of Queensland Library 1987 Journal Article: Raphael Cilento's Empire: Diet, Health and Government Between Australia and the Colonial Pacific Cameron-Smith, Alexander Raphael Cilento's Empire: Diet, Health and Government Between Australia and the Colonial Pacific 2014 Journal of Australian Studies 38 103-18 Resource: B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Resource: C123 World War II security investigation dossiers, single number series CA 946, Security Service, New South Wales C123 World War II security investigation dossiers, single number series National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Journal Article: The pioneers of Australian military malariology: some biographical profiles (part 1) Howie-Willis, Ian The pioneers of Australian military malariology: some biographical profiles (part 1) 2016 Journal of Military and Veterans' Health 24 1 12-24 Book: Malaria: the Australian Experience, 1843-1991 Spencer, Margaret Malaria: the Australian Experience, 1843-1991 Townsville Australian College of Tropical Medicine 1994 Book Section: Elkington, John Simeon Colebrook (1871-1955), advocate of public health Roe, Michael Elkington, John Simeon Colebrook (1871-1955), advocate of public health Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 425-426 Journal Article: Malariology in Australia between the first and second world wars (part 2 of "Pioneers of Australian military malariology") Howie-Willis, Ian Malariology in Australia between the first and second world wars (part 2 of "Pioneers of Australian military malariology") 2016 Journal of Military and Veterans' Health 24 2 28-39 Raphael West Cilento - Records Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland Raphael West Cilento - Records UQFL 44 1913 - 1972 Collection of personal and professional papers, including biographical material and family history, official correspondence 1927-1932, personal and professional correspondence 1932-1972, diaries 1913-1971, manuscripts, public lectures, radio scripts, reports, reprints, files relating to his service with UNRAA and United Nations, photographs. Interests include Royal Historical Society of Queensland, National Trust of Australia and Australian League of Rights. 47 items